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Getty Images With the league’s smallest draft class, the Saints needed to add more bodies. They did just that Monday, agreeing to terms with 13 undrafted rookies. The players include linebacker Joe Bachie, defensive lineman Gus Cumberlander, wide receiver Marquez Callaway, cornerback Tino...

Getty Images A handful of players from the top 100 free agent list we compiled before the start of the new league year remain unattached and one potential obstacle to signing them was removed on Monday afternoon. As of 4 p.m. ET, unrestricted free agent signings no longer factor into the...

Getty Images The Saints and free-agent quarterback Jameis Winston are working toward a contract. On Monday, Saints assistant G.M. Jeff Ireland essentially confirmed it. “It’s a compliment to Jameis Winston to understand where he’s at in this world and sign a one-year deal here, and learn...

Getty Images NFL teams have until May 4 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET to exercise fifth-year options on 2017 first-round draft choices. The window to sign those players to contract extensions opened Dec. 30, with Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey becoming the first to get a new deal. Some of...

Getty Imagea Contained within the NFL’s annual effort to sell hope to 32 fan bases was an observation from one coach who believes that two thirds of those fan bases are wasting their time. Saints coach Sean Payton, appearing on the NFL’s Draft-A-Thon, said something publicly that plenty of NFL...

Getty Images Sunday was a busy day in regard to the quarterback position in New Orleans. The day began with news that the Saints were working to finalize an agreement with former Buccaneers starter Jameis Winston to join Drew Brees and Taysom Hill on the depth chart. The afternoon brought word...

Getty Images Taysom Hill is committing to the Saints for two more years. Hill, who had been tendered as a restricted free agent for this year, has agreed to a two-year deal to keep him in New Orleans through 2021. According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, it’s a two-year, $21 million...

Getty Images Drew Brees will be back for another year as the Saints’ starting quarterback, and Taysom Hill will back Brees up. But the Saints needed a third quarterback on the roster, and now they have one. The Saints selected Tommy Stevens, a quarterback from Mississippi State, in the seventh...

Getty Images Jameis Winston is preparing to accept a job where he’ll have no chance of starting. Winston is finalizing a one-year contract with the Saints, according to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports. In New Orleans, Winston would compete with Taysom Hill to back up Drew Brees. Last year’s...

Getty Images From the moment the Starting Quarterback Quarterback Carousel stopped spinning without Jameis Winston having a seat on a horse or one of those lame benches, one place made the most sense for him: New Orleans. Now that the draft has come and gone without Winston finding a landing...

Getty Images When Saints head coach Sean Payton spoke to Cesar Ruiz after the Saints made him the 24th pick in the draft on Thursday night, he told the Michigan product that he was coming to New Orleans to play offensive line and that he should tell reporters the same thing. The lack of...

Getty Images Drafting from home may have made the league more conservative when it comes to trades, at least ones involving future picks. But the Saints do this a lot, so it stands to reason they’d be the ones to break the streak. The Saints just traded the 88th overall pick and a 2021...

Getty Images As Friday night was slipping into Saturday morning, the Saints decided they had to have Dayton tight end Adam Trautman, so they sent a package of four picks to the Vikings for the 105th overall choice. That move wrapped up the Saints draft class for the weekend, and gave the...

Getty Images The Saints don’t have a second-round draft pick, which means they’re not scheduled to pick tonight until the third round, No. 88 overall. They’d like to do something about that. New Orleans has been calling teams with high second-round picks to ask about trading, according to...

Getty Images Cardell Hayes was convicted of manslaughter in 2016 for the killing of former Saints defensive end Will Smith, but he’s hoping to get a new trial in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. In the case of Ramos v. Louisiana, the court ruled in a 6-3 decision that cases...

Getty Images The Saints have brought back some depth and special teams help prior to the draft. According to Field Yates of ESPN, the Saints have re-signed cornerback Johnson Bademosi. Bademosi played six games for the Saints last year before being placed on injured reserve. He started last...

photo courtesy University of Michigan Athletics The New Orleans Saints have found a long-term replacement for Max Unger at center following his retirement before the start of last season. With the 24th overall pick in the NFL Draft, the Saints took Michigan center Cesar Ruiz. The Saints had...

Getty Images Christian McCaffrey‘s new deal with the Panthers puts him at the top of the list of best-paid running backs and we’ll learn in the not-too-distant future how it impacts deals signed by other running backs. One of the backs who is now eligible to sign his second NFL contract is...

Getty Images Twelve NFL teams opened their offseason programs this week and most of them are limiting their interactions with players to meetings and classroom work, but three of them are holding virtual workouts during this unprecedented stretch. Other teams may join the Patriots, Bills and...

Getty Images Saints head coach Sean Payton said recently that the team is in the market for a quarterback to “to develop, work with, and improve” while filling a roster spot alongside Drew Brees and Taysom Hill. Payton said the quarterback could be a veteran or that he could arrive via the...